Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine Bans CBD Prescriptions for Adult Patients
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The Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine (CFM in the Portuguese acronym) is once again stepping over the profession’s ethics code…
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‘If only we had the political will’ Why Russia’s rise in drug overdose deaths is unlikely to end soon
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According to data from Russia’s Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat), over 10,000 Russians died from drug use in 2021. That’s 37…
American Drug Policy Advocates Weigh in on Biden’s Cannabis Federal Reform
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The world woke up to an early Christmas present from American President Joe Biden as he announced a move to…
On (Police) Diversion: Against Carcerality and Prohibition on the Road to Abolition
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We are witnessing an intensification of the power, capacity and reach of state violence in Britain through the development and…
Intersecting Drug Policy and Abolition: A Conversation
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The War on Drugs has failed in its stated goal of reducing drug use and sale and has instead resulted…
Commissioning Cracks: The Costs of Defunding Heroin Assisted Treatment
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In Middlesbrough, citizens are statistically more likely to die from a Drug Related Death (DRD) than a car accident. As…
Building A Parliamentary Front For Cannabis In Brazil
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Efforts to legalise medical and industrial cannabis have encountered strong reactionary opposition in Brazil, with past attempts to regulate medicinal…
Maltese Non-profit Cannabis May be The Way Forward
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In December 2021, Malta made history as the first European country to legalise cannabis for recreational purposes. While the system…
Brazilian Activists Deliver Manifesto to End Drug War to Leading Presidential Candidate
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While left-leaning presidential and gubernatorial hopefuls are either silent about or dodging the issue of drug policy in their campaigns…
Guidelines for Colombia’s New Drug Policy under Petro
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In an effort to guide future Colombian drug policy, several researchers from the Centro de Estudios y Seguridad y Drogas…
Drug Executions in Iran Are Back on the Rise
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A recent press release from Amnesty in July 2022 highlighted a spike in Iranian executions, where at least 251 people…
Ghana’s Legal Cannabis Hits a Constitutional Roadblock
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On the 27th of July 2022, the Supreme Court of Ghana gave a narrow judgement on a case brought before…